The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-01-08
SOUTHERN GLEANlNGS.

small lux DOlOle WAS curious lOrmaLlOh
caught recently on the Virginia coast
The oyster had grown to twice the size Of
the ink bottle.
A freight train on the Memphis Sc
Charleston road was wrecked near Tus-
cumbia, Ala. few nights ago. Engineer
Mahoney and his fireman were killed and
the conductor and section boss were
wounded.
Walter Dement,, popular and deserV.
ing young farmer Of Grenada County,
Miss was shot down or assassinated
few nights ago by George Gardner. The
affair created intense excitement. Gard
ner made his es cape.
The negro church in Dodd City, Tex, and
the stable Of City Marshal Frank Mcdowell
were burned a few nights ago This makes
the fourth fire believed to be the work OF
an incendiary which had occurred in that
community in a few days. The total loss
will reach over 1000.
A sensation was created in Montgome cry,
Ala, a few nights ago by the finding Of
baby which had been deserted by its
mother. 1t is white male child, two or
three months old. 1t was found well clad
and wrapped in blanket lying on the
steps of Catholic convent.
A whole family Of negroes were assas-
sinated in Attala County, Miss, few
nights ago.
A brutal murder occurred in the north
end Of Hamilton County, Tenn, few
days ago. Two young men named Pleas
Fryer and Buck Jackson became involved
in a difficulty, but were separated, and
the trouble was supposed to be at an end.
Fryer, however, crept up behind Jackson,
and, placing the muzzlc Of a pistol at his
head, fired Jackson fell a corpse. Fryer
has been captured.
William Beard, living in the Thirteenth
district of Montgomery County, Tenn,
was arrested a few nights ago for severe
ly beating his wife and breaking her arm.
His wife states that Beard recently es-
capped from the Centerville Jail, whore he
was confined for holding the feet of a
stepson to a fire until they were horribly
| burned
Representatives Of twenty Texas coun.
ties comprising the droughtstricken dis
trct, met at Albany, Tex, few days
since, and asked the Legislature for help.
Robert Beasley and Raymond Murphy
were lynched by a mob in Warren County,
Miss, the cause being murder.
Several hundred poor citizens Of Charles
ton, S. c., were given the material for
Christmas dinners by means Of 500 sent
from Washington and $500 subscribed in
New York.
Sheriff Poindexter, of Lincoln County,
Tenn, arrested Newton Smith a few days
since for the murder of Colonel Lock
] twenty years ago. 1t is said that impor-
tant evidence against the accused has
been found after such long time.
The first seizure of bogus butter shipped
| to Georgia was made by Collector Cren-
shaw few days ago, being ten packages,
containing 43O pounds. 1t was manu-
featured in Chicago and shipped TO an At
lanta customer as pure butter. A case
will be made against the offending Ern, in
which the law will be fully tested.
The senatorial race in Texas is tGtally
devoid Of acrimony or personal ilSwill.
Senator MaXey, Judge Reagan, Governor
Ireland and Judge Torrill are all on pleas
ant personal terms No charges are
brought against MaXey. 1t is simply con-
tended by the friends Of the other candi-
dates that he has been sufficiently re-
warded by the two terms he has had in the
Senate and should now give way.
Sarah Lilliard an aged negro woman,
lives in a lonely howell near the outskirts
Of San Antonio, Tex, and while sleeping
few nights ago her bed-clOthes, from some
cause unknown, caught fire and burned
her almost to crisp. She was still alive
when found, though flesh was dropping
off her in great masses, and she died
shortly afterwards
The thirty-eight messenger boys en-
ployed by the Western Union telegraph
office at Louisville, Ky, struck q few days
ago for half cent extra por message.
They had been receiving two cents per
message. After fighting tho Gould cOrpo-
ration for one hour the boys discovered
that their withdrawal did not stop tho
telegraph service of the world and they
begged to be taken back at the old rate.
A. H. Smith, of Mayesville, S. c., went
to Columbia, few days ago, on business,
and stopped with a friend, Mr.. Krentzlin.
The next morning he did not como from
his room. At two o'clock in the after
noon his room was opened and Smith was
found in his bed, unconscious. Tic had
neglected TO turn off the gas, which he
had probably blown out. He fingered for
several hours and then died. This is the
third case of asphyxia which has occurred
in Columbia during the past year.
A disastrous fire occurred a few days
ago near Refuge Mills, one mile south OF
Viclzsburg, Miss. The Refuge store and
an adjacent residence belonging to Mrs.
NJ. E. Welborne were destroyed. Nothing
was saved from either building, Loss
about 5000; insurance on store not
known; on residence, SlG50. The fire is
supposed to be tho work Of an incendiary
The inmates Of both buildings barely es
capped with their lives.
Sam Black, colored, and his two children
were burned TO death in Blacks house
Charleston, S. c., few nights ago. Black
had been under the influence Of liquor anC
had fallen into the large fireplace while
attempting TO rise from the floor, He wae
too much intoxicated to eXtricate himself
and in his struggles scattered fire al
= around the room and set fire TO the house
His little children, two and four years o.
age, were found in what were the corner,
of the room, burned to a crisp They hat
evidently attempted to escape, but failed
as the doors were locked.